A Thorned Rite - Holly Leaf Drop Earrings

Wound round the door. Whispered through winter. Carried in blood and branch.

Each earring holds a single holly leaf — deep green, edged in thorn, preserved in winterglass resin as if plucked straight from a solstice spell. Holly, ever sharp and ever bright, has long stood as sentinel between this world and what stirs beyond it. A guardian of thresholds. A ward against the dark.

To the Celts, holly was the tree of the warrior — sacred to the Holly King, who reigned from midsummer’s end until the birth of light at Yule. Hung above hearths and braided through iron, its prickled edges were said to pierce ill will and keep restless spirits at bay. It is the heart of winter’s strength, red-berried and battle-clad.

A Thorned Rite is a token of defiance against the dying year. She is a charm of endurance, of silent power, of the sacred wild that survives beneath snow.

Wear it for protection. For courage. For the cold-blooded beauty of a season ruled by thorns and stars.